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Y矮星光度变化的首次探测:WISE J140518 .39+553421.3

The First Detection of Photometric Variability in a Y Dwarf: WISE J140518.39+553421.3

Michael C. Cushing, Kevin K. Hardegree-Ullman, Jesica L. Trucks, Caroline V. Morley, John E. Gizis, Mark S. Marley, Jonathan J. Fortney, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Ch… 展开作者

Michael C. Cushing, Kevin K. Hardegree-Ullman, Jesica L. Trucks, Caroline V. Morley, John E. Gizis, Mark S. Marley, Jonathan J. Fortney, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Christopher R. Gelino, Gregory N. Mace, Sean J. Carey

摘要:

我们提出了第一次检测光度变化的光谱确认的Y矮星。斯皮策太空望远镜上的红外线阵列相机被用来在相隔149天的两个不同时期的24小时内获得3.6和4.5微米的时间序列测光。在第一个时期,在4.5 μ m处以及在第二个时期,在3.6和4.5 μ m处的可变性是明显的,这表明这种可变性的一个或多个根本原因在几个月的时间尺度上变化。第二历元[3.6]和[4.5]的光变曲线在相位上接近正弦曲线,周期大约为8.5小时,半振幅为3.5%。我们发现,一个简单的几何斑点模型与一个单一的亮点重现这些观察。我们还将我们测量的第二纪元光变曲线的半振幅与Morley及其合作者的静态,一维,部分多云和热点模型的预测进行了比较,发现两组模型都不能同时重现观察到的[3.6]和[4.5]半振幅。因此,为了正确地解释我们的观测结果,迫切需要更先进的二维或三维模型,包括垂直混合、云形成和热弛豫等随时间变化的现象。

英文摘要:

We present the first detection of photometric variability of a spectroscopically-confirmed Y dwarf. The Infrared Array Camera on board the Spitzer Space Telescope was used to obtain times series photometry at 3.6 and 4.5 microns over a twenty four hour period at two different epochs separated by 149 days. Variability is evident at 4.5 um in the first epoch and at 3.6 and 4.5 um in the second epoch which suggests that the underlying cause or causes of this variability change on the timescales of months. The second-epoch [3.6] and [4.5] light curves are nearly sinusoidal in form, in phase, have periods of roughly 8.5 hours, and have semi-amplitudes of 3.5%. We find that a simple geometric spot model with a single bright spot reproduces these observations well. We also compare our measured semi-amplitudes of the second epoch light curves to predictions of the static, one-dimensional, partly cloudy and hot spot models of Morley and collaborators and find that neither set of models can reproduce the observed [3.6] and[4.5] semi-amplitudes simultaneously. More advanced two- or three-dimensional models that include time-dependent phenomena like vertical mixing, cloud formation, and thermal relaxation are therefore sorely needed in order to properly interpret our observations.

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